The death of a 12-year-old boy at a North Carolina wilderness camp for troubled adolescents has been ruled a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Monday. The boy died in February, less than 24 hours after having arrived at Trails Carolina, a for-profit program that has since lost its operating license. Trails Carolina has […]
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Malinda Hoagland’s sisters release statement as lawyers look into 12-year-old’s death
The older sisters of Malinda Hoagland, the 12-year-old girl whose father and his girlfriend face charges related to her death in Chester County, have released a statement as attorneys investigate the case. Malinda, her father Rendell A. Hoagland and his girlfriend, Cindy M. Warren, lived in the Poconos before moving to Chester County. “There is […]
3 teen suspects, two 12-year-olds arrested in Seattle for week-long crime spree
SEATTLE – Five young suspects under the age of 16 were arrested after a chase with Seattle Police in a stolen vehicle following their week-long crime spree. On May 7, officers responded to reports of five teens wearing masks who abandoned a running vehicle in the middle of the 8000 block of 16th Avenue Northwest […]
Two 12-year-olds killed man with machete blows to the skull and heart, jury told
Two 12-year-old boys used a machete to murder an “utterly defenceless” man, slashing his legs and inflicting an injury that went through his back and ribs into his heart, a court in Englanf has heard. Jurors were told that Shawn Seesahai (19) had offered no violence and done nothing to offend either of the boys, […]
Jury sworn in to try 12-year-olds accused of machete murder
A jury has been sworn in to try two 12-year-old boys charged with murdering a man who was attacked with a machete on playing fields in Wolverhampton. The youths, who cannot be named because of their age, have both pleaded not guilty to murdering Shawn Seesahai and are facing trial at Nottingham Crown Court. Mr […]
Ex-Philadelphia officer charged in 12-year-old’s killing pleads guilty
A former Philadelphia police officer who killed a 12-year-old boy and allegedly fired two of the shots during a foot chase after the boy had discarded his gun pleaded guilty to murder Friday, the prosecutors’ office said. Edsaul Mendoza, 28, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and possession of an instrument of crime in the March […]
How an Arizona school’s response to a perceived gun threat upended a 12-year-old’s life
Geighe Garcia arrived at his elementary school in Winslow on a Friday last April to what he described as a flood of police cars. “It was just flooded with police officer cars,” said Geighe, 13. “Just flooded all the way around.” Alarmed, he turned around and walked home. “I was like, ‘Hell no, dude, there […]